REPORT: Apple's Will Release 3 Different iWatches This Year

Apple's iWatch will supposedly come in three different variations
when it launches later this year, according to a new report from
Chinese media outlet Economic
Daily.

There will be a model with a 1.6-inch screen and two different
versions with 1.8-inch displays, says the report which was first
spotted by
GForGames (via
9to5Mac).

One of these 1.8-inch models will also feature a sapphire crystal
display, the same material Apple is rumored to use for the iPhone
6's display.

Since sapphire crystal is expensive to manufacture in large
quantities, it would presumably be much easier to create a
1.8-inch screen for the iWatch than a 4.7-inch screen for the
iPhone 6. Sapphire crystal is already used for some luxury watch
faces.

The report also notes that these iWatch variants are set to
launch in the third quarter of 2014.

This isn't the first time we've heard that Apple plans to release
different versions of the iWatch. Last month, The Wall Street
Journal reported that the iWatch could
come in three different sizes. From Economic Daily's report,
it's unclear if the actual watch band will be available in
different sizes or if it's just the screen that varies.